Spinning, I had missed thee!
So, I finished up my sampler of pencil roving at my biweekly stitch and bitch yesterday. It was super easy to spin. Just add twist!So, last night when getting ready for bed, I started on my wool mohair brown/pink/blue fiber. And for someone who is a sporadic spinner, I think it's pretty darn good. It has occasional lumps and skinny bits, and I'm not as good as joining new balls as I'd like to pretend, but...
I had missed spinning. A lot. I had missed the meditative aspect, the 'I must sit still and focus on one thing' side of spinning that they don't tell you about. You can't multitask and watch television or read. You can talk to people, but really, that's it.
Everyone at the s'n'b that watched me spin was in the state of 'oh, that's so cool! NO! No more hobbies!' It really is the next logical step in knitting. You knit scarves. You knit sweaters. You design your own scarves and sweaters. You spin the wool to make your own scarves and sweaters.
I have 5.5 ounces of this lovely fiber to play with to make a nice fingering or DK weight yarn. After that, I have to go back to my sampler pack where I have silk! and merino! and something else! waiting for me in 1 oz packages.
Of course, then comes the problem of what do I make with all of these small balls of yarn, but I figure I can felt a bag or something.
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